Raizo Tanaka

Raizo Tanaka (27 April 1892-9 July 1969) was a Rear Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy who was a task force commander in World War II.

Biography
Raizo Tanaka was born on 27 April 1892, and he joined the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1913. On 15 October 1941 he was promoted to Rear Admiral, and he led the Japanese 2nd Destroyer Squadron in virtually every major surface battle in the first eighteen months of World War II, such as the invasion of the Philippines, the Battle of the Java Sea, the Battle of Midway, and the Battle of Guadalcanal. He commanded the Midway Occupation Force's transport group in 1942 and then fought in the Solomon Islands, leading the "Tokyo Express"; he was criticized for failing to deliver the supplies to the garrison, and in 1943 he was reassigned to shore duty in Burma. In 1944 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral and was inactive for the rest of the war; he died in 1969.